Sentence examples for a modest trim from inspiring English sources

France's legislature earlier this month enacted a modest trim of labor regulations but Mr. Hollande, under fire from within his own party and deeply unpopular with the public at large, faces an uphill struggle to implement reforms that, when attempted by his predecessors, led to large street protests and labor unrest.

Our new forecasts for 2017 and 2018 are around 4% lower than before, largely reflecting a higher interest cost assumption, with some modest trim to EBIT.

The health authorities approach their local survivalist -- who lives in a modest bunker trimmed with barbed wire and stuffed with semiautomatics -- and they propose to examine him for symptoms of clinical paranoia.

And her loudly proclaimed wish for a fairer Britain has seen only modest trimming of Osborne's harsh plans and some major setbacks (on grammar schools, for example).

If Mr. Bush makes good on his mantra of bipartisanship, and his moderate side prevails, he would probably be willing to significantly dilute his proposals, like his huge tax cut plan, and instead go for more modest trims, making teachers and schools more accountable, retooling Social Security in a way that Democrats could accept and settling on a prescription drug plan.

About half have made modest trims, but only for future workers.

"If we combine a balanced package of savings from spending on health care and revenues from closing loopholes, we can solve the deficit issue without sacrificing our investments in things like education that are going to help us grow," he said, referring to his existing proposals for modest trims to Medicare and tax-code changes that would generate more revenue from the wealthy.

Democrats are offering only modest trims to food stamps, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A modest brown butterfly with trim little tails and a white "w" on the underside of its wings, the white-letter hairstreak lays its eggs on elm.

However, it's also true that the CBO projected the bill would reduce the deficit by $16.6 billion and trim a modest $8 billion in SNAP funding over 10 years compared with what would have happened if the 2008 bill had simply been extended in its entirety.

It looks like a modest little cafe on Route 23 — trim, tidy and plain — but its "Mediterranean fusion cuisine," salted with a few South American dishes, like empanadas and tres leches, belies its looks.